Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials Version 2.5
User's Guide
1
October 2018 Rev. A00
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Chapter 1: About OpenManage Essentials... 17
New in this release...17
Other information you may need...18
Contacting Dell... 18
Chapter 2: Installing OpenManage Essentials...19
Installation prerequisites and minimum requirements... 19
Terms and conditions for using Relational Database Management Systems...19
Minimum login roles for Microsoft SQL Server... 20
Recommended database size...20
Download OpenManage Essentials... 21
Installing OpenManage Essentials...21
Custom Setup Installation... 23
Setting up OpenManage Essentials Database on a Remote SQL Server... 24
Retargeting the OpenManage Essentials Database...24
Backing up the OpenManage Essentials Database... 24
Restoring the OpenManage Essentials Database...25
Creating a new user in SQL Server...25
Connecting to the OpenManage Essentials Database... 26
Installing OpenManage Essentials on a domain controller... 26
Installing OpenManage Essentials on a domain controller with a remote database...27
Installing OpenManage Essentials on a domain controller with a local database ... 28
Adding users to the OpenManage Essentials user groups... 29
Enabling SQL Server and Windows Authentication Mode in SQL Server ... 29
Verifying SQL Server TCP or IP Status ...30
Installing SupportAssist Enterprise... 30
Installing Repository Manager...31
Installing License Manager... 32
Upgrading OpenManage Essentials... 32
Reconfiguring OpenManage Essentials version 2.5 after upgrading... 33
Uninstalling OpenManage Essentials... 35
Migrating IT Assistant to OpenManage Essentials... 35
Chapter 3: Getting started with OpenManage Essentials...36
Launching OpenManage Essentials... 36
Configuring OpenManage Essentials... 37
Configuring the Discovery Wizard...37
Configuring Discovery Settings... 38
Using the OpenManage Essentials Home Portal... 38
OpenManage Essentials Heading Banner...39
Customizing the portals...40
Displaying additional reports and graphs... 40
Drilling down charts and reports for more information...41
Saving and loading the portal layout... 41
Contents
Contents 3
Updating the portal data... 42
Hiding graphs and reports—Components... 42
Rearranging or resizing graphs and reports—Components... 42
Filtering data...43
Using the Search Bar...43
Searching items... 44
Using the search drop-down list...44
Search results and the default actions...44
Map View—Home Portal... 45
Viewing the user information... 45
Logging in as a different user...45
Using the Update Available Notification Icon...46
Using the Warranty Scoreboard Notification Icon... 46
Chapter 4: OpenManage Essentials Home Portal — Reference... 47
Dashboard... 47
Home Portal Reports... 47
Device by Status...48
Alerts by Severity... 48
Discovered Versus Inventoried Devices...48
Task Status... 49
Schedule View...49
Schedule View Settings... 50
Device Warranty Report...50
Map View Interface—Home Portal... 51
Chapter 5: Discovering and inventorying devices...52
Supported devices, protocols, and features matrix—SNMP, WMI, and WS-Man... 52
Supported devices, protocols, and features matrix—IPMI, CLI, and SSH...57
Supported storage devices, protocols, and features matrix... 59
Setting up and configuring VMware ESXi 5... 60
Legend and definitions...61
Using the Discovery and Inventory Portal... 61
Protocol support matrix for discovery... 62
Protocol support matrix for system update...63
Devices not reporting Service Tag...63
Creating a discovery and inventory task... 64
Changing the default SNMP port...65
Discovering and inventorying devices by using WS-Man or REST protocol with a root certificate...66
Discovering a chassis and its components by using Guided Wizard...67
Excluding ranges...68
Viewing configured discovery and inventory ranges... 69
Scheduling discovery...69
Discovery Speed Slider... 69
Multithreading... 69
Scheduling inventory... 70
Configuring status polling frequency...70
Task pop-up notifications...71
Configuring task pop-up notifications... 71
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Enabling or disabling task pop-up notifications...71
Chapter 6: Discovery And Inventory — Reference... 73
Discovery and Inventory Portal Page Options...73
Discovery and Inventory Portal...73
Last Discovery and Inventory... 74
Discovered Versus Inventoried Devices... 74
Task Status... 75
Viewing Device Summary... 75
Viewing Device Summary Filter Options...76
Add Discovery Range... 76
Discovery Configuration... 76
Discovery Configuration Options... 77
Device Type Filtering... 78
ICMP Configuration... 78
ICMP Configuration Options...79
SNMP Configuration...79
SNMP Configuration Options... 79
WMI Configuration...80
WMI Configuration Options... 80
Storage Configuration...81
Storage Configuration Options... 81
WS-Man Configuration...81
WS-Man Configuration Options... 81
REST configuration...82
REST configuration options... 82
SSH Configuration... 83
SSH Configuration Options...83
IPMI Configuration... 83
IPMI Configuration Options... 84
Discovery Range Action...84
Summary...84
Add Exclude Range... 85
Add Exclude Range Options... 85
Discovery Schedule... 85
Viewing Discovery Configuration...85
Discovery Schedule Settings... 86
Inventory Schedule... 86
Inventory Schedule Settings...87
Status Schedule...87
Status Polling Schedule Settings...87
Discovery Ranges...88
Exclude Ranges...88
Chapter 7: Managing devices...89
Viewing devices... 90
Device Summary Page... 90
Nodes and symbols description... 91
Device details... 92
Contents 5
Viewing device inventory... 93
Viewing alerts summary...93
Viewing noncompliant devices associated with a catalog baseline...93
Viewing noncompliant devices associated with a configuration baseline...94
Viewing System Event Logs... 94
Searching for Devices... 94
Creating a New Group... 95
Adding Devices to a New Group... 95
Adding Devices to an Existing Group... 95
Hiding a Group... 96
Deleting a Group...96
Associating a catalog baseline to custom device groups... 96
Disassociating a catalog baseline from custom device groups...97
Single Sign-On...97
Creating a Custom URL... 97
Launching the Custom URL...98
Configuring Warranty Email Notifications... 98
Configuring Warranty Scoreboard Notifications... 99
Configuring Warranty Pop-Up Notifications... 99
Configuring Warranty Update Settings... 99
Using Map View... 100
Map Providers... 102
Configuring Map Settings...102
General Navigation and Zooming... 103
Home View... 103
Tool Tip...103
Selecting a Device on Map View...104
Health and Connection Status...104
Multiple Devices at the Same Location...105
Setting a Home View... 105
Viewing All Map Locations...105
Adding a Device to the Map...105
Moving a Device Location Using the Edit Location Details Option... 106
Importing Licensed Devices...107
Using the Map View Search Bar... 108
Removing All Map Locations...110
Editing a Map Location... 110
Removing a Map Location...110
Exporting All Device Locations...111
PowerEdge FX Chassis View...111
Support For PowerEdge FX Chassis Sleds... 113
VLAN Configuration Management... 114
Viewing the VLAN Configuration Inventory... 114
Assigning VLAN IDs...115
Resetting all VLAN IDs... 116
Setting the Default VLAN ID Values... 116
Dell NAS Appliance Support...116
OEM Device Support... 117
Chapter 8: Devices — Reference... 118
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Viewing Inventory...119
Viewing Alerts...119
Viewing Hardware Logs... 119
Hardware Log Details... 119
VLAN Configuration... 120
VLAN Configuration Task... 121
Task Results... 122
Alert Filters...123
Viewing noncompliant systems—Devices ...123
Non-Compliant Firmware and Drivers...123
Non-Compliant Configurations... 124
Device Search...125
Query Results... 125
Creating Device Group... 126
Device Group Configuration...126
Device Selection...126
Summary — Group Configuration... 127
Map View Interface—Devices Tab...127
Chapter 9: Deployment and reprovisioning...130
Server Configuration Management license... 131
Device requirements for deployment and compliance tasks...132
Getting started for device configuration deployment... 133
Viewing the Deployment Portal...134
Configuring the deployment file share...134
Adding devices to repurpose and bare-metal devices group...134
Overview of bare-metal deployment... 135
Creating a device deployment template... 135
Creating a device deployment template from a device configuration file... 136
Creating a device deployment template from a reference device... 137
Managing device deployment templates...137
Viewing device deployment template attributes...138
Cloning a device deployment template...138
Editing a device deployment template...139
Exporting a device deployment template...140
Deploying a device deployment template—Bare-metal deployment...140
Creating a chassis deployment template from a chassis... 143
Managing chassis deployment templates... 144
Viewing and editing chassis deployment template attributes...144
Exporting a chassis deployment template... 144
Cloning a chassis deployment template... 145
Deploying a chassis infrastructure template...145
Deploying IOA configuration template... 147
IOA operational modes and the deployment task status...148
Deploying a network ISO image... 149
Removing devices from the repurpose and bare-metal devices group...150
Auto deploying device configurations...150
Configuring Auto Deployment Settings...151
Setting up device configuration auto deployment—Bare-metal deployment... 151
Managing Auto Deployment Credentials...154
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Adding a Discovery Range for Auto Deployment... 154
Removing Devices From an Auto Deployment Task... 155
Importing Device Specific Attributes...155
Import File Requirements...156
Exporting Device Specific Attributes...156
Viewing the Deployment Tasks... 157
Managing the Virtual Input-Output Identities of a Server—Stateless Deployment...157
Overview of Stateless Deployment... 157
Virtual Input-Output Pools... 158
Creating a Virtual Input-Output Pool...158
Editing a Virtual Input-Output Pool...161
Viewing the Definitions of a Virtual Input-Output Pool ...162
Renaming a Virtual Input-Output Pool...162
Deleting a Virtual Input-Output Pool...162
Viewing the Virtual Input-Output Identities Assigned or Deployed on a Device... 163
Compute Pools... 163
Creating a Compute Pool...164
Deploying a device configuration template—Stateless deployment... 165
Automatic Locking of a Compute Pool... 167
Unlocking a Compute Pool...167
Editing the Definitions of a Compute Pool... 168
Viewing the Definitions of a Compute Pool ... 168
Removing a Server From a Compute Pool... 169
Renaming a Compute Pool... 169
Deleting a Compute Pool... 169
Replacing a Server...170
Reclaiming Deployed Virtual Input-Output Identities of a Server... 171
Reclaiming Assigned Virtual Input-Output Identities...172
Setting up device configuration auto deployment—Stateless deployment... 172
Viewing device profiles...175
Known limitations for stateless deployment... 175
Additional information...175
Chapter 10: Deployment—Reference... 176
Repurpose and Bare Metal Devices... 178
Auto Deployment... 179
Tasks...180
Task Execution History... 180
Device Configuration Template Details...181
IOA VLAN Attributes...182
Device Configuration Setup Wizard... 182
Add Network...183
Network Types... 183
Create Template Wizard... 184
Create Virtual Input-Output Pool Wizard... 184
Name and Description... 185
Ethernet Identities...185
FCoE Node Name Identities... 185
FCoE Port Name Identities...186
iSCSI IQN Identities... 187
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Summary... 187
Virtual Input-Output Pools... 188
Virtual Input-Output Pool Summary...188
Create Compute Pool Wizard... 189
Name and Description...189
Select Template... 190
Select ISO Location...190
Select Virtual Input-Output Pool... 190
Select Devices...191
Edit Attributes... 191
Summary... 195
Compute Pool Summary... 196
Compute Pool Details... 196
Server Details...197
Deploy Template Wizard... 197
Name and Deploy Options... 197
Select Template... 198
Select Devices... 199
Select ISO Location...199
Select Virtual Input-Output Pool... 199
Edit Attributes... 200
Options... 204
Set Schedule... 204
Preview...205
Summary... 205
Setup Auto Deployment Wizard...206
Select Deploy Options...207
Select Template...207
Select ISO Location... 207
Select Virtual Input-Output Pool...208
Import Service Tags or Node IDs... 208
Edit Attributes... 209
Execution Credentials... 213
Summary... 214
Manage Auto Deployment Credentials... 215
Replace Server Wizard...216
Name...216
Source and Target...216
Review Source Attributes... 217
Options... 219
Credentials...220
Summary... 220
Reclaim Identities Wizard...221
Name...221
Select Devices... 221
Identity Assignments... 222
Options... 222
Credentials...223
Summary...223
Contents 9
Chapter 11: Managing device configuration baseline... 224
Viewing the Device Compliance Portal...225
Getting started for device configuration compliance... 225
Device configuration compliance overview... 225
Configuring the credentials and device configuration inventory schedule... 225
Viewing the device configuration inventory...226
Creating a device compliance baseline for servers and chassis... 227
Associating target devices with a baseline...228
Viewing compliance status of devices... 228
Remediating noncompliant devices... 229
Viewing compliance tasks... 230
Viewing server backup profiles...230
Replacing a server from backup profile...230
Chapter 12: Configuration – Reference...232
Device Compliance... 233
Tasks... 233
Task Execution History...234
Associate Devices To a Baseline Wizard... 235
Select Baseline...235
Select Devices... 235
Make Devices Compliant...235
Configuration Inventory Schedule Wizard... 237
Inventory Credentials... 237
Schedule...238
Backed-Up Devices... 239
Chapter 13: Viewing inventory reports... 241
Choosing predefined reports... 241
Predefined reports...241
Filtering report data...243
Exporting reports... 244
Chapter 14: Reports — Reference... 245
Server Inventory Reports...245
Agent and Alert Summary... 246
Agent Health Status... 247
Server Overview...247
Field Replaceable Unit Information... 248
Hard Drive Information... 248
iDRAC Performance Minimum or Maximum... 249
iDRAC Performance Average or Peak...249
Memory Information...250
Modular Enclosure Information...250
NIC Information...251
PCI Device Information...251
Processor Information...252
Storage Controller Information...252
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Virtual Disk Information... 252
Server Configuration Reports...253
Server Components and Versions...253
BIOS Configuration...254
iDRAC Network Configuration... 254
Device Configuration Compliance...255
Baseline Association... 255
Assigned Identity Attributes...256
All Identity Attributes... 256
Warranty and License Reports... 256
Warranty Information... 257
License Information... 257
Virtualization Reports... 258
ESX Information... 258
HyperV Information... 258
Asset Reports... 258
Asset Acquisition Information... 259
Asset Maintenance Information...260
Asset Support Information...260
Device Location Information... 261
Chapter 15: Viewing warranty reports...262
Extending warranty... 262
Chapter 16: Managing alerts... 263
Viewing alerts and alert categories... 263
Viewing alert logs... 263
Understanding alert types...263
Viewing internal alerts...264
Viewing alert categories... 264
Viewing alert source details...264
Viewing previously configured alert actions...265
Viewing application launch alert action... 265
Viewing email alert action... 265
Viewing alert ignore action... 265
Viewing alert trap forward action... 265
Handling alerts...266
Flagging an alert... 266
Creating and editing a new view... 266
Configuring alert actions...266
Setting up email notifications...266
Ignoring alerts... 267
Running a custom script...268
Forwarding alerts... 269
Forwarding alerts use case scenarios... 269
Working with sample alert action use cases...270
Use cases in alert actions...270
Configuring alert log settings...270
Renaming alert categories and alert sources... 271
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Alert pop-up notifications... 271
Configuring alert pop-up notifications... 271
Enabling or disabling alert pop-up notifications...272
Managing MIB files... 272
About importing MIBs... 272
Importing MIBs...273
Removing MIBs from OpenManage Essentials... 274
Managing traps... 274
Customizing trap definitions...274
Resetting built-in trap definitions...275
Configuring SNMPv3 traps...275
Chapter 17: Alerts — Reference...277
Alert Logs... 277
Predefined Alert View Filters...278
Alert Logs Fields... 278
Alert Details... 279
Alert Log Settings... 279
Alert View Filters...280
Alert Filter Name... 280
Severity... 280
Acknowledgement... 281
Summary — Alert View Filter... 281
Alert Actions...282
Name and Description...282
Severity Association... 282
Application Launch Configuration... 283
E-Mail Configuration... 284
Trap Forwarding... 285
SNMP V3 Configuration...285
SNMP V3 Configuration Wizard...286
Category and Sources Association... 286
Device Association...286
Date and Time Range...288
Alert Action — Duplicate Alert Correlation... 288
Summary — Alert Action Details... 288
Alert Categories... 289
Alert Categories Options...290
Edit Trap Definitions...291
Alert Source... 292
Manage MIBs... 292
Import MIB...293
Remove MIB... 294
Troubleshooting MIB Import...294
Manage Traps... 295
Custom Trap Definitions...295
Reset Built-in Trap Definitions...296
Chapter 18: Updating BIOS, firmware, drivers, and system applications... 297
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Viewing the System Update page...298
Understanding sources of system updates... 298
Choosing the right source of system updates...298
Selecting an update catalog source... 299
Viewing comparison results...299
Viewing compliant systems...299
Viewing noncompliant systems...299
Viewing non-inventoried systems... 299
Viewing systems with issues and resolutions...300
Creating a catalog baseline... 300
Viewing the Default Catalog... 300
System Update Use Case Scenarios...300
Applying system updates by using the Non-Compliant Systems tab...302
Applying System Updates by using the System Update Task wizard...304
Viewing status of the System Update task...306
Updating systems without OpenManage Server Administrator...306
Issues and Resolutions Use Case Scenarios...306
Configuring automatic purging of downloaded system update files... 307
Chapter 19: System Update — Reference...308
Filter Options... 309
System Update...309
Compliance Report... 310
Compliant Systems...311
Non-Compliant Firmware and Drivers...312
System Update Task... 313
Non-Inventoried Systems... 314
Inventory Systems...315
All System Update Tasks... 315
Issues and Resolutions...315
Task Execution History...315
Select a Catalog Source...316
Dell Update Package... 317
OpenManage Server Update Utility...317
Repository Manager... 317
Viewing the Default Catalog...317
View MX Chassis Default Catalog... 317
View Catalog Baseline Associations... 318
List of Catalog Baselines...318
Baseline Details... 319
Chapter 20: Managing remote tasks... 320
About remote tasks... 320
Managing command line tasks...320
Managing RACADM command line tasks... 321
Managing generic command line tasks... 322
Managing server power options... 323
Deploying OpenManage Server Administrator...324
Supported Windows and Linux Packages... 325
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Arguments...326
Deploying iDRAC Service Module... 326
Supported Windows and Linux Packages...327
Collecting Firmware and Driver Inventory... 328
Updating the inventory collector component... 329
Working With Sample Remote Tasks Use Cases... 329
Use Cases in Remote Tasks... 330
Device Capability Matrix... 331
Chapter 21: Remote Tasks — Reference...335
Remote Tasks Home... 336
Remote Tasks ... 336
All Tasks...336
Task Execution History... 337
Server Power Options...338
Deployment Task...339
Command Line Task...341
Remote Server Administrator Command... 342
Generic Command...344
IPMI Command... 345
RACADM Command Line...347
Firmware and Driver Inventory Collection Task...348
Chapter 22: Managing security settings... 350
Using security roles and permissions... 350
Microsoft Windows authentication... 351
Assigning user rights...351
Using Custom SSL Certificates—Optional... 351
Configuring IIS Services... 351
Supported protocols and ports in OpenManage Essentials...352
Supported Protocols and Ports on Management Stations... 353
Supported Protocols and Ports on Managed Nodes...353
Dell EMC OpenManage Framework... 354
Chapter 23: Troubleshooting... 356
OpenManage Essentials Troubleshooting Tool...356
Troubleshooting Procedures... 356
Troubleshooting Inventory...356
Troubleshooting Device Discovery...357
Troubleshooting Receiving SNMP Traps ... 358
Troubleshooting Discovery of Windows Server 2008–Based Servers... 358
Troubleshooting SNMP Traps for ESX or ESXi Versions 3.5, 4.x, or 5.0... 358
Troubleshooting Problems With Microsoft Internet Explorer... 358
Troubleshooting Map View... 359
Chapter 24: Frequently Asked Questions...361
Installation ... 361
Upgrade...361
Tasks... 362
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Optional Command Line Settings...363
Customization Parameters... 364
MSI Return Code... 365
E-mail Alert Action...365
Discovery... 365
Inventory... 368
System Update... 369
Managing Device Configurations... 370
Device Group Permissions... 371
Deployment and Configuration Compliance...372
Logs... 373
Backup and Restore... 374
Troubleshooting...374
Chapter 25: Managing Device Group Permissions... 375
Adding Users to the OmeSiteAdministrators Role...375
Assigning Device Groups to a User...376
Removing Users From the OmeSiteAdministrators Role...377
Chapter 26: OpenManage Mobile Settings... 378
Enabling or Disabling Alert Notifications For OpenManage Mobile... 378
Enabling or Disabling OpenManage Mobile Subscribers...379
Deleting an OpenManage Mobile Subscriber... 379
Viewing the Alert Notification Service Status... 380
Notification Service Status...380
Viewing the OpenManage Mobile Subscriber Information... 380
Mobile Subscriber Information...381
Troubleshooting OpenManage Mobile...381
Chapter 27: Settings — Reference... 383
Alert Settings... 383
Custom URL Settings... 384
Deployment Settings...384
Device Tree Settings...385
Discovery Settings...385
Feature Usage Settings...386
Email Settings... 386
General Settings...386
Task Settings... 388
Warranty Notification Settings...388
Permissions... 390
Purge Download Settings... 390
Chapter 28: Logs — Reference...392
User Interface Logs...392
Application Logs... 393
Chapter 29: Dell EMC Solutions...394
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Chapter 30: Right-Click Actions... 395
Schedule View... 395
Device Status...396
Associate Catalog Baseline...396
Discovery Range Summary... 397
Managing Include Ranges...397
View Filters... 397
Alerts...398
Remote Tasks... 398
Custom URL ...398
System Update Tasks... 399
Attributes Tab...399
Templates... 399
Compute Pools... 399
Virtual Input-Output Pools... 400
Compliance by Template...401
Device Compliance... 401
Chapter 31: Tutorials... 402
Chapter 32: Using OpenManage Essentials Command Line Interface... 403
Launching the OpenManage Essentials Command Line Interface...403
Creating an input file for Discovery Profile... 403
Specifying IPs, ranges, or host names by using XML or CSV files... 404
Specifying input files in PowerShell... 405
Command Line Interface commands...405
Creating a discovery range...405
Editing a discovery range...405
Removing a discovery range... 406
Creating a discovery range group...406
Editing a discovery range group...406
Removing a discovery range group...407
Enabling a discovery range or discovery range group...407
Disabling a discovery range or discovery range group...408
Creating a discovery exclude range... 408
Removing a discovery exclude range... 408
Running discovery, inventory, and status polling tasks... 409
Removing devices ...409
Retrieving the status execution progress of a discovery range...410
Stopping discovery range or group tasks... 410
Creating a custom device group... 410
Adding devices to a custom group... 411
Deleting a custom device group...411
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About OpenManage Essentials
OpenManage Essentials is a hardware management application that provides a comprehensive view of systems, devices, and components in the enterprise’s network. With OpenManage Essentials, a web-based and one‑to‑many systems management application for systems and other devices, you can:
● Discover and inventory systems
● Monitor the health of systems
● View and manage system alerts
● Perform system updates and remote tasks
● View hardware inventory and compliance reports
● Deploy or reprovision a server, chassis, or an I/O Aggregator (IOA)
● Manage the configuration baseline of a server or chassis
● Manage the virtual I/O identity of a server
NOTE: Update to latest OpenManage Enterprise
OpenManage Essentials has reached both the End of Life as of December 2015 and End of Software Maintenance as of December 2018. The last release of OpenManage Essentials is version 2.5.
Dell EMC recommends managing your devices by using Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise - the “next generation” of the OpenManage Essentials console. This ensures the latest features, best performance as well as the latest security updates and bug fixes. To download the latest OpenManage Enterprise for your system:
1. Navigate to https://www.delltechnologies.com/en-in/solutions/openmanage/enterprise.htm and click Download OpenManage Enterprise.
2. In the OpenManage Enterprise Knowledge Base Article page, click the Download tab.
3. In Download and Install of OpenManage Enterprise, click Install as a new appliance to download and install based on your host.
Topics:
• New in this release
• Other information you may need
• Contacting Dell
New in this release
● Support for the following features of a MX7000 chassis—as a standalone chassis and as a lead chassis in a Multi-Chassis Management (MCM) group:
○ Discovery, inventory, monitoring, and status polling
○ Alerts recognition and traps classification
○ System updates
○ Configuration template creation and deployment
○ Configuration compliance and remediation
○ Configuring VLANs on MX7000 chassis by using the blade server template deployment feature
● Support for the following devices:
○ Latest 14th generation PowerEdge servers including new blade servers of MX7000 chassis.
○ PowerEdge MX7000 modular enclosure
○ VxFlex Ready Nodes
For a complete list of supported device models, see the Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials Support Matrix at Dell.com/
OpenManageManuals.
● Enhancement:
○ Enhanced view to display catalog baselines associated to the custom device groups.
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Other information you may need
Table 1. Other information you may need
Document Description Availability
Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials Support Matrix
Lists the devices that are supported by OpenManage Essentials.
1. Visit Dell.com/OpenManageManuals.
2. Click OpenManage Essentials, and select the required version of OpenManage Essentials.
3. Click Manuals & documents to access these documents.
Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials Readme
Provides information about known issues and workarounds in OpenManage Essentials.
Dell EMC OpenManage Mobile User’s Guide
Provides information about installing and using the OpenManage Mobile application.
Dell EMC License Manager User's Guide
Provides information about managing licenses and troubleshooting the License Manager.
Dell EMC Repository Manager User's Guide
Provides information about using the Repository Manager to manage system updates.
Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials REST API Guide
Provides information about integrating OpenManage Essentials using
Representational State Transfer (REST) APIs and also includes examples of using REST APIs to perform common tasks.
Dell.com/OpenManageManuals or DellTechCenter.com/OME
Dell EMC SupportAssist Enterprise User's Guide
Provides information about installing, configuring, using, and troubleshooting SupportAssist Enterprise.
Dell.com/ServiceabilityTools
Troubleshooting Tool Online Help
Provides information about using the tool, related protocols, devices, and so on.
Integrated with the Troubleshooting Tool. From the Troubleshooting Tool, click the Help icon to launch the online help.
Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials MIB Import Utility Online Help
Provides information about the tool, importing and removing MIBs, troubleshooting procedures, and so on.
Integrated with the MIB Import Utility. From the MIB Import Utility, click the Help icon to launch the online help.
Contacting Dell
Prerequisites
NOTE: If you do not have an active Internet connection, you can find contact information on your purchase invoice, packing slip, bill, or Dell product catalog.
About this task
Dell provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. Availability varies by country and product, and some services may not be available in your area. To contact Dell for sales, technical support, or customer service issues:
Steps
1. Go to Dell.com/support.
2. Select your support category.
3. Verify your country or region in the Choose a Country/Region drop-down list at the bottom of the page.
4. Select the appropriate service or support link based on your need.
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Installing OpenManage Essentials
Related tasks
Download OpenManage Essentials on page 21
Installation prerequisites and minimum requirements on page 19 Installing OpenManage Essentials on page 21
Migrating IT Assistant to OpenManage Essentials on page 35 Topics:
• Installation prerequisites and minimum requirements
• Terms and conditions for using Relational Database Management Systems
• Minimum login roles for Microsoft SQL Server
• Recommended database size
• Download OpenManage Essentials
• Installing OpenManage Essentials
• Setting up OpenManage Essentials Database on a Remote SQL Server
• Retargeting the OpenManage Essentials Database
• Installing OpenManage Essentials on a domain controller
• Installing SupportAssist Enterprise
• Installing Repository Manager
• Installing License Manager
• Upgrading OpenManage Essentials
• Uninstalling OpenManage Essentials
• Migrating IT Assistant to OpenManage Essentials
Installation prerequisites and minimum requirements
For a list of supported platforms, operating systems, and browsers, see the Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials Support Matrix at Dell.com/OpenManageManuals.
To install OpenManage Essentials, you require local system administrator rights and the system you are using must meet the criteria mentioned in the Minimum Requirements for OpenManage Essentials section of the Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials Support Matrix available at Dell.com/OpenManageManuals.
Related concepts
Installing OpenManage Essentials on page 19
Terms and conditions for using Relational Database Management Systems
The Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) used for installing OpenManage Essentials is Microsoft SQL Server.
SQL Server has configuration settings separate from the OpenManage Essentials database. The server has logins (SQL or Windows) that may or may not have access to the OpenManage Essentials database.
When OpenManage Essentials is installed, Internet security is modified by adding registry entries to the ZoneMaps for HKLM and HKCU. This ensures that Internet Explorer identifies the fully qualified domain name as an intranet site.
A self-signed certificate is created and this certificate is installed in the root Certificate Authorities (CA) and My certificates.
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To prevent certificate errors, remote clients must either install OpenManage Essentials certificate in both CA and Root Certificate Stores or have a custom certificate published to client systems by the domain administrator.
For a typical installation of OpenManage Essentials:
● Use the local instance of SQL Server that has all supported components.
● The RDBMS is altered to support both SQL and Windows authentication.
● An SQL Server login user is generated for OpenManage Essentials’ services. This login is added as a RDBMS SQL login with the dbcreator role and given the db_owner role over the ITAssist and OMEssentials databases.
NOTE: The password for the typical install, auto generated SQL Server login account, is controlled by the application and different on every system.
For the highest level of security, it is recommended that you use a domain service account that is specified during custom installation for SQL Server.
At runtime, when the OpenManage Essentials website determines that it has an invalid certificate or certificate binding; the self-signed certificate is regenerated.
Related references
Minimum login roles for Microsoft SQL Server on page 20
Minimum login roles for Microsoft SQL Server
The following table provides information about the minimum permissions for SQL Server based on different installation and upgrade use cases:
Table 2. Minimum login roles for Microsoft SQL Server
Number Use Case Minimum Login Roles for SQL Server
1 Installing OpenManage Essentials for the first time and you select the Typical option during the installation process.
sysadmin access on the installed instance.
2 Installing OpenManage Essentials for the first time, you select the Custom option during the installation process and an empty OpenManage Essentials database is present (locally or remotely).
NOTE: If you select the Custom install option and do not enter any credentials then the installation is considered as a Typical installation and sysadmin rights are required.
db_owner access on the OpenManage Essentials database.
3 You are installing OpenManage Essentials for the first time, you select the Custom option during the installation process, and an empty OpenManage Essentials database is not present.
dbcreator access on the server.
4 Upgrading OpenManage Essentials from an earlier version to the latest version and an OpenManage Essentials database is present (locally or remotely).
db_owner access on the OpenManage Essentials database.
Recommended database size
The following table provides information about the recommended database size for common use cases. However, it is recommended that you configure the database size based on the environment with different hardware configurations, and also regularly monitor the growth of the database size.
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Table 3. Recommended database size
Recommended database size
Large deployments Large deployments Large deployments Medium
deployments Small deployments
Number of devices
8000 5500 2000 500 100
SQL Server database size
14 GB 10 GB 6 GB 2 GB 1 GB
During the daily maintenance, OpenManage Essentials compresses and optimizes the database. Also, for optimal performance of OpenManage Essentials, monitor the database size and configure the Autogrowth/ Maxsize setting accordingly. It is recommended that the size of the log database must be 1.5 times the maximum size of the database. OpenManage Essentials also downloads updates for managed servers. These updates are saved in the local file system (not in the database) where OpenManage Essentials is installed.
NOTE: OpenManage Essentials can maintain up to 175,000 task execution history details without any issues. If the task execution history details exceed 175,000, you may experience problems starting OpenManage Essentials. The earlier task execution history records are purged when the limit set under Task Settings > Task Execution History Records to be Retained is exceeded. The task execution history details of few tasks are not purged. For more information, see Task Settings on page 388. It is recommended that you periodically delete task execution history details that you may no longer require or change the purge settings of task execution history details.
NOTE: For more information, see the OpenManage Essentials Scalability and Performance technical white paper at DellTechCenter.com/OME.
Download OpenManage Essentials
Prerequisites
Do keep the Service Tag of your Dell EMC PowerEdge server handy. It is recommended that you use the Service Tag to access all support on the Dell Support Website. This ensures that you download the appropriate version of the software for your platform.
To download OpenManage Essentials:
Steps
1. Go to Dell.com/support.
2. Perform one of the following actions:
● Enter the Service Tag of your Dell EMC PowerEdge server, and then select Search.
● Select Browse all products > Servers > PowerEdge, and select the appropriate model of your PowerEdge server . 3. On the support page of your server, select Drivers & downloads.
4. From the Category list, select Systems Management.
The supported version of OpenManage Essentials is displayed.
5. Click Download or select the check box to add the software to your download list.
Installing OpenManage Essentials
Prerequisites
Before you install OpenManage Essentials, ensure that you have local administrator rights on the system.
NOTE: OpenManage Essentials 2.5 use TLS version 1.2 to support Feature Usage Settings and the following features of MX7000 chassis—discovery, system update, device configuration template creation and deployment, and remediation. For more information about the best practices to be followed to secure .NET framework applications that use the TLS protocol on the management station, see www.docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/network-programming/tls.
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To install OpenManage Essentials:
Steps
1. Extract the OpenManage Essentials installation package.
2. Double-click the Autorun.exe file available in the folder where you extracted the installation package.
The OpenManage Install screen is displayed. The following options are available:
● Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials — Select this option to install OpenManage Essentials, and Troubleshooting Tool.
● Dell EMC Repository Manager — Select to install Repository Manager. Using Repository Manager, you can create customized bundles and repositories of Update Packages, software utilities such as update drivers, firmware, BIOS, and other applications.
● Dell EMC License Manager — Select to install License Manager. The License Manager is a one-to-many license deployment and reporting tool for the integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC), Chassis Management Controller (CMC), OpenManage Essentials, and the PowerEdge storage sled licenses.
● Dell EMC SupportAssist Enterprise — Select to install SupportAssist Enterprise. The SupportAssist Enterprise provides proactive support capabilities for supported server, storage, and networking solutions.
● Documentation — Click to view the online help.
● View Readme — Click to view the readme file. To view the latest readme, go to DellTechCenter.com/OME.
3. In OpenManage Install, select Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials, and click Install.
The OpenManage Essentials Prerequisites window displays the following requirement types:
● Critical — This error condition prevents the installation of a feature.
● Warning — This warning condition may disable the Typical installation but not an Upgrade of the feature later during installation. Also, later during installation, use the Custom installation setup type to select the feature.
● Information — This informational condition does not affect the Typical selection of a feature.
There are two options for resolving critical dependencies:
● Click Install All Critical Prerequisites to immediately begin installing all critical prerequisites without further
interaction. Install All Critical Prerequisites may require a restart depending on the configuration and the prerequisites installation will resume automatically after restart.
● Install each prerequisite individually by clicking the associated link with the required software.
NOTE: Ensure that KB2919355 update is installed on Windows 2012 R2 systems to run OpenManage Essentials 2.5. To install KB2919355 update manually, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article ID 2919355 at support.microsoft.com.
NOTE: The latest iDRAC and chassis firmware require TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 protocols to be enabled on Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 2012 systems. To enable TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 as the default secure protocols in WinHTTP, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article ID 3140245 at support.microsoft.com.
NOTE: To configure a remote database, you do not require an SQL Express installation on the local system. See Setting Up OpenManage Essentials Database on a Remote SQL Server. If you are not configuring a remote database, then install SQL Express by clicking the warning prerequisite link. Selecting Install All Critical Prerequisites does not install SQL Express.
4. Click Install Essentials.
NOTE: If you are installing OpenManage Essentials for the first time, a dialog box is displayed prompting you to select if you want to install OpenManage Essentials on a local or remote database. If you choose to install OpenManage Essentials on a local database, Microsoft SQL Server 2014 SP2 Express is installed on the system. If you choose to install OpenManage Essentials on a remote database, the installation follows the Custom Setup Installation steps.
5. In the install wizard for OpenManage Essentials, click Next.
6. In the License Agreement page, read the license agreement, select I accept the terms in the license agreement, and then click Next.
7. In Setup type select either Typical or Custom installation.
● If you selected Typical, click Next. Verify the installation settings in the Ready to Install the Program page and the click Install.
NOTE: If the default ports assigned to the OpenManage Essentials services are either blocked or used by another application, a message is displayed prompting you to either unblock the ports or select the Custom installation where you can specify another port.
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NOTE: The parameters of all tasks that you create are encrypted and saved. During a reinstallation, if you choose to use a database that was retained from a previous OpenManage Essentials installation, the existing tasks will not run successfully. To resolve this issue, you must recreate all tasks after the installation.
● If you selected Custom, in Custom Setup, click Next and follow the instructions in Custom Setup Installation.
8. After the installation is complete, click Finish.
Next steps
If you have installed OpenManage Essentials on a virtual machine (VM), the following are the suggested settings for the OpenManage Essentials VM:
● Increase CPU settings based on resource availability.
● Disable Dynamic Memory.
● Increase Memory Weight to high.
Custom Setup Installation
About this task
To install OpenManage Essentials using custom setup:
Steps
1. In Custom Setup, click Change to change the installation location, and then click Next.
2. In custom settings for port numbers, if required, change default values for Network Monitoring Service port number, Task Manager Service port number, Package Server Port, and Console Launch port and then click Next.
3. In Database Server, do any of the following and then click Next:
● Local database—If you have multiple SQL Server versions available on the management system and you want to select an SQL Server on which you want to set up the OpenManage Essentials database, then select the SQL server from the Database Server list, the type of authentication, and provide the authentication details. If you do not select a database server, by default, a supported version of SQL Server Standard, Enterprise, or Express that is available is selected for the installation. For more information, see the Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials technical white paper at DellTechCenter.com/OME.
● Remote database— Complete the prerequisites. For more information, see Setting Up OpenManage Essentials Database on a Remote SQL Server. After the prerequisites are complete, click Browse and select the remote system and then provide the authentication details. You can also set up the OpenManage Essentials database on a remote system by providing the IP address or host name and the database instance name of the remote system in Database Server.
NOTE: If you select the Custom install option and do not enter any credentials, the installation is considered as a typical installation and sysadmin rights are required.
NOTE: If you have multiple database instances running on a selected database server, you can specify the required database instance name to configure the Essentials database with it. For example, using (local)\MyInstance, you are configuring Essentials database on a local server and MyInstance named database instance.
NOTE: The parameters of all tasks that you create are encrypted and saved. During a reinstallation, if you choose to use a database that was retained from a previous OpenManage Essentials installation, the existing tasks will not run successfully. To resolve this issue, you must recreate all tasks after the installation.
NOTE: If you select the Custom install option, you can customize the database name. You can enter any name of your choice in the Database Name field. If you do not enter a database name, by default, OMEssentials is selected.
Typically, you can use the database name field in a scenario where you have a dedicated remote SQL server that you want to use for installing multiple OpenManage Essentials instances. For example, you can assign the database name as DB_OME_Site1, DB_OME_Site2, and DB_OME_Site3 while installing the respective OpenManage Essentials instances.
NOTE: The database name must start with an alphabet and it should not exceed 80 characters in length. You may also include special characters in the database name, except square brackets ([]), apostrophe ('), and curly brackets ({}).
4. Verify the installation settings in the Ready to Install the Program page and the click Install.
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Setting up OpenManage Essentials Database on a Remote SQL Server
You can configure OpenManage Essentials to use an SQL Server present on a remote system. Before setting up the OpenManage Essentials database on the remote system, check for the following prerequisites:
● Network communication between the OpenManage Essentials system and the remote system is functioning.
● SQL connection works between the OpenManage Essentials system and the remote system for the specific database instance. You can use the Microsoft SQL Server Express 2012 Management Studio tool to verify the connection. On the remote database server, enable TCP/IP protocol and if you are using SQL Authentication, enable mixed mode on the remote SQL Server.
You can retarget the database if:
● SQL credential to the SQL Server fails.
● Windows credential to the SQL Server fails.
● Login credentials have expired.
● Database is moved.
Retargeting the OpenManage Essentials Database
You can setup the OpenManage Essentials console to connect to an OpenManage Essentials database available on a remote system. For example, after installing OpenManage Essentials with a local database, you can back up and restore the
OpenManage Essentials database on a remote system. After the database is restored on the remote system, you can setup OpenManage Essentials to connect to the restored database available on the remote system.
To retarget the OpenManage Essentials database:
1. Back up the OpenManage Essentials database. See Backing up the OpenManage Essentials Database on page 24.
2. Restore the OpenManage Essentials database. See Restoring the OpenManage Essentials Database on page 25.
3. Create a new user in SQL Server. See Creating a new user in SQL Server on page 25.
4. Connect to the OpenManage Essentials database. See Connecting to the OpenManage Essentials Database on page 26.
Backing up the OpenManage Essentials Database
Prerequisites
Before you back up the OpenManage Essentials database:
● Ensure that OpenManage Essentials is installed on the system using the Typical installation method.
● Ensure that Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio is installed on the system where OpenManage Essentials is installed.
● Ensure that you stop Internet Information Services (IIS) and all OpenManage Essentials services.
About this task
To back up the OpenManage Essentials database:
Steps
1. Open SQL Server Management Studio.
2. In Object Explorer, expand the Databases node.
3. Right-click the OMEssentials database and then click Tasks → Back Up.
The Back Up Database - OMEssentials window is displayed.
4. Click OK to start the database back up.
Results
A confirmation message is displayed after the database back up is completed. The OpenManage
Essentials database backup file, OMEssentials.bak, is saved at C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SQLEXPRESSOME\MSSQL\Backup.
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Restoring the OpenManage Essentials Database
Prerequisites
Before you begin to restore the OpenManage Essentials database:
● Ensure that OpenManage Essentials database back up file, OMEssentials.bak, is available on the system. If required, you must copy and paste the OpenManage Essentials database back up file from the system where you created the back up file.
● Ensure that Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio is installed on the system.
● Ensure that you have sysadmin access for SQL Server.
About this task
To restore the OpenManage Essentials database:
Steps
1. Open SQL Server Management Studio on the system where you want to restore the OpenManage Essentials database.
2. In Object Explorer, right-click Databases > Restore Database.
The Restore Database window is displayed
3. Under Source, select Device and click the browse button.
The Select backup devices window is displayed.
4. Click Add and then browse to select the OpenManage Essentials database back up file.
5. Click OK to close the Select backup devices window.
6. Click OK in the Restore Database window to start restoring the database.
Results
A confirmation message is displayed after the database is restored. The restored OMEssentials database is displayed under Databases in Object Explorer.
NOTE: The database restoration may not be successful if multiple instances of the backup file, OMEssentials.bak, are available on the system. To resolve the issue, rename both the files (OMEssentials and OMEssentials_log) in the Restore database file as section of the Restore Database window, and then try restoring the database.
Creating a new user in SQL Server
About this task
To create a new user in SQL Server:
Steps
1. Open SQL Server Management Studio on the system where you restored the OpenManage Essentials database.
2. In Object Explorer expand the Security node.
3. Click Login > New Login.
The Login - New window is displayed.
4. In the General page:
a. Type a name in the Login name field.
b. Select Windows authentication or SQL Server authentication based on your preference.
c. Type the password and reconfirm the password in the appropriate fields.
d. Optional: If you want to enforce password policy options for complexity, select Enforce Policy Password.
e. From the Default database list, select OMEssentials.
f. From the Default language list, select a default language for the login.
5. In the Server Roles page, select public.
6. In the User Mappings page:
a. Under Users mapped to this login, select OMEssentials.
b. Under Database role membership for: OMEssentials, select db_owner and public.
7. Click OK.
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Results
The new user that you created is displayed under Security > Logins in Object Explorer.
Connecting to the OpenManage Essentials Database
About this task
To connect to the OpenManage Essentials database:
Steps
1. On the system where OpenManage Essentials is installed, open the command prompt, and run the
following command: sqlcmd -E -S ".\SQLEXPRESSOME" -Q "ALTER LOGIN [OMEService] WITH PASSWORD='DummyPassword'"
NOTE: Verify that the OpenManage Essentials database instance that was created during the typical installation is SQLEXPRESSOME.
NOTE: Copying and pasting the command may result in incorrect characters. Therefore, it is recommended that you type the complete command.
2. Open OpenManage Essentials.
The database login error window is displayed.
3. Click OK on the database login error window.
The Database Connection Error window is displayed.
4. In the Database Connection Error window:
a. In the Server Name field, type the name of the system where you restored the OpenManage Essentials database.
b. From the Authentication list, select the authentication method for the database.
c. Type the user name and password of the new user you created in the appropriate fields.
d. Type the name of the database that you have already created in SQL Server.
e. Click Connect.
5. Close and reopen OpenManage Essentials.
6. Restart the Internet Information Services (IIS).
7. Restart the OpenManage Essentials services or restart the server.
Next steps
After the database retargeting is completed successfully, if required, you can delete the OpenManage Essentials database from the system on which OpenManage Essentials is installed.
Installing OpenManage Essentials on a domain controller
When installing OpenManage Essentials on a domain controller, it is recommended that you install OpenManage Essentials with a remote database. There are specific restrictions when running SQL Server on a domain controller, and considering the resources demands of a domain controller, SQL Server performance may be degraded which will affect the performance of OpenManage Essentials. For more information on the restrictions when running SQL Server on a domain controller, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article ID 2032911 at support.microsoft.com.
NOTE: For security reasons, it is recommended that you do not install SQL Server 2012 on a domain controller. SQL Server Setup will not prevent you from installing SQL Server on a domain controller, however, the following limitations apply:
● You cannot run SQL Server services on a domain controller under a local service account.
● After SQL Server is installed on a system, you cannot change the system from a domain member to a domain controller.
You must uninstall SQL Server before you change the host system to a domain controller
● SQL Server failover cluster instances are not supported where cluster nodes are domain controllers.
● SQL Server Setup cannot create security groups or provision SQL Server service accounts on a read-only domain controller. In this scenario, Setup will fail.
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When setting up OpenManage Essentials on a domain controller, ensure that the following prerequisites are met:
● Ensure that network communication between the system on which OpenManage Essentials is installed and the remote database system is functional.
● Ensure that the SQL Server user has permission to backup, create, and configure databases.
● When using SQL Server authentication, ensure that SQL Server and Windows authentication mode is enabled within SQL Server. See Enabling SQL Server Authentication and Windows Authentication in SQL Server
● Ensure that TCP/IP is enabled in SQL Server. See Verifying the SQL Server TCP/IP status.
After OpenManage Essentials is installed on a domain controller:
● By default, the Domain Admins group is added as a member of the OmeAdministrators and OmePowerUsers roles.
● Local Windows user groups are not included in the OpenManage Essentials roles. OmeAdministrators, OmePowerUsers, or OmeUsers rights can be granted to users or user groups by adding them to the OpenManage Essentials Windows groups.
OmeSiteAdministrators rights can be granted by OmeAdministrators through the Device Group Permissions portal.
The following sections provide instructions to install and setup OpenManage Essentials on a domain controller with a remote or local database.
Installing OpenManage Essentials on a domain controller with a remote database
Prerequisites
Before you begin installing OpenManage Essentials on a domain controller, ensure that you are logged in to the domain controller with administrator rights.
About this task
To install OpenManage Essentials on a domain controller with a remote database:
Steps
1. Extract the OpenManage Essentials installation package.
2. Double-click the Autorun.exe file available within the folder where you extracted the installation package.
The OpenManage Install window is displayed.
3. Select Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials and click Install.
The OpenManage Essentials Prerequisites window is displayed.
4. Click Install All Critical Prerequisites.
NOTE: If SQL Server is not already installed on the domain controller, the Prerequisites window displays a warning message with a link that allows you to install SQL Express on the domain controller (local) with an OpenManage Essentials-specific SQLEXPRESSOME database instance. If you ignore the warning message, when the OpenManage Essentials installation begins, a message is displayed requesting you to confirm whether you want to install OpenManage Essentials with a local or remote database
5. When the confirm database location message is displayed, click No to install OpenManage Essentials on a remote database.
The Custom Setup window is displayed.
6. Click Next.
The OpenManage Essentials Custom Settings window is displayed.
7. If required, change the default port numbers based on your requirement, and click Next.
The Database Server window is displayed.
8. Perform one of the following:
● Click Browse and select the remote database.
● Type the host name and database instance name in the Database Server field.
9. Click Windows authentication or SQL Server authentication.
NOTE: For Windows authentication, if you are using a non-domain Windows account, the credentials must exist on both the domain controller and the remote system, and should also be identical. The Windows user account must have the privileges required to create databases in SQL Server.
10. Type the user name and password in the appropriate fields and click Next.
The Ready to Install the Program window is displayed.
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